Swamped

You take a glance at the opposing squad leader. He's down, but not quite out; but one of the knights on your side has him pinned.

So you decide to help out Stan by throwing your slicer at one of the knights in his way. You hit them right in the head, and he howls in pain. It's enough of a diversion for Stan to push past the other one, and then go running after the crossbow knight.

You hope he catches up in time, but both are soon out of view. Both of your squads are leaderless now, but you've got the edge in numbers and your early hits left them in disarray. The knights who were in Stan's way soon fall to the ground, and the other two promptly surrender.

After all that mess, you knock on the infirmary door. Eve opens it, and looks at the mess around her.

"Four unconscious, and that one's injured," you say, pointing to the squad leader. Then Stan comes back, dragging the crossbow-wielder behind him. "Make that five unconscious. The rest of us might have taken a few blows, too."

"Right. No time to ask what happened, I'll leave that mess for somebody else to sort out. My job is to heal the injured. First things first, get the unconscious ones inside. I'll have a look at the rest of you when they're all stable."

It takes a few minutes, but you manage to drag everyone inside. Stan orders two knights to keep watch on the ones who surrendered.

The enemy squad leader doesn't say a word. He just gives a dirty look to his squadmates. Probably mad at them for giving up.

Stan turns to you.

"At this point, I don't think it's a good idea to escort you two back," he says. "Between this skirmish and the fact that two prison guards were knocked out, it looks like we've got a mutiny brewing. So I'm going to ask you to stick with us until we have a better sense of what's going on."

Well. Maybe you should tell him what you know about it, then. You glance at Erin; she nods at you.

"Actually, we might have some idea of what's going on," you say.

What should you explain to him first?